“We’re going to need to continue to do that for the months ahead … We need to remain vigilant.”
Ms Allan, who said mask-wearing would likely remain in Victoria for the “foreseeable future”, said the state government would rely on the advice of health experts and emergency agencies to determine whether the state of disaster, a more powerful tool than the state of emergency, should be extended beyond its November 8 expiry date.
Professor Sharon Lewin, director of the Doherty Institute, said Melburnians should feel confident heading out with case numbers tracking the way they are, but that…